I know starting your season in early March, on another continent, on a network that is only in 58 million homes, with only 2 full-time American drivers, doesn’t exactly rev up many folks engines.

But lets all hope something interesting happens and some new drivers get named to rides at least for Indy.

]]>By: Scotthttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2835
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:53:53 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2835What I am excited about, however (since I wouldn’t be reading sites like this if I didn’t actually enjoy Indycar) is the fact that they are starting with a street course where the playing field is actually somewhat level. I’m excited that there might be a yellow early in the middle of a pit sequence that could actually jumble the field.

I’m espeically excited that there are zero points on the board and the Dixons and Briscoes of the world will actually race for position instead of points. This is the opposite of what we will see after June when those guys are happy to sit on the bumper of a slower car in 3rd place rather than risk a pass that could potentially hurt their point standings if they don’t make it work. Its always more enjoyable before the Championship starts to give certain drivers the incentive to NOT RACE.

]]>By: Scotthttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2834
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:45:56 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2834I’m surprised that having IZOD on board ranked so highly. If you read the PVH comments to stockholders about the sponsorship it is pretty clear that it amounts to nothing more than taking over a portion of payments from IMS to the teams. So all told the only beneficiaries of the sponsorship seem to be the Sisters who don’t have to worry about that cash coming from their own coffers. They even got to commandeer television ad time that the series negotiated with ESPN/ABC as part of the deal… so they get to run Izod ads in those slots rather than Indycar commercials that would publicize upcoming events. Word is that at they are even consuming those commercial slots far faster than expected and all of the slots on ABC/ESPN will be spent by the end of May.

You can’t seriously think that a company that takes pride in making a drivers suit match the Ethanol sidepods so that they don’t have to spend extra money on Paint is really going to go the extra mile to dump money into the series.

]]>By: Venushttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2831
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:11:27 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2831Brazil, home to passion, music, joie de vivre, but above all, an F1 legacy that is beyond reproach. Every year, Brazilian Grand Prix produces some of the most exciting moments of the F1 season.

The Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Interlagos in São Paulo, one of the most vibrant cities in all of Brazil. Having an Indy race there is very exciting, there is a good chance that we will all be surprised on who wins this race. A big step for this series, much more exciting than the race I get to see in Florida. Makes NASCAR look very boring, Daniker-sue will be happy.

]]>By: Edwardhttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2829
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:05 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2829I am very excited for the season. Granted, there are issues, as there always are, but a race in Brazil, a dedicated title sponsor, a new CEO untainted by the past. And yes, you can watch the races online, so the complaining about DirecTV/Versus doesn’t hold water.

BTW, MARS, changing your name doesn’t change what you are.

]]>By: Venushttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2828
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:37:58 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2828Indycars themselves serve as marketing vehicles for Brazilian products, as they have been running on Brazilian sugarcane ethanol since last year so the opening race is like a HUGE celebtration for Brazil,

The President of Brazil will probably be there and that will make it very memorable for many of the drivers.

Ethanol Green has a new meaning-

]]>By: The Speedgeekhttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2826
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46:11 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2826I agree. Tony Cotman’s been saying a lot of good stuff about Brazil (as you’d expect, I imagine) being an excellent street course. You never know. Sometimes something’s just right about a course/car combo (like, say, Silver Crown cars at IRP), and it winds up providing good racing, even though it doesn’t look so good on paper. It’s the same as tuning in even though you know the odds are that a Ganassi or Penske car is going to win. Sometimes they don’t, and something special happens. That’s the reason to watch.
]]>By: Stephen_P83https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2825
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:35:07 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2825So what if you have DirectTV, you obviously have a computer and Internet. Watch it online since IICS is providing that option for you. I cannot wait for Barber. I’ve already got my tickets and a new camping chair. What a beautiful setting for a race. It’ll be fun, you should give it a chance before you write it off before the race has happened.
]]>By: billytheskinkhttps://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2824
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:24 +0000http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/what-has-improved-for-2010/#comment-2824Hey now, FedEx did collaborate with Honda on a pretty good ad featuring Gil DeFerran as a package delivery man… A shame they only aired that ad for a year and a half.

Even with the transportation assistance they gave the CART teams, FedEx could have been a much better title sponsor.